MOST PHOTOGRAPHY GLOVES FLOP!

[@vonner1003]

I have to say, this is the first “review” type video of any kind where the presenter actually doesn’t recommend a product. You’ve got a lot of respect from me on this one.

[@JaseEvoX]

Thanks for honest review and pretty much my findings. The advantage with the wooden mitten type isn’t just the wool but they force the fingers together so they sort of warm each other whereas the others keep the fingers separated by the material and won’t warm

[@bridgettthompson43]

Thank you! Finally a Real honest review on winter gloves for Photography. Really appreciate it!

[@iscoguy]

The Heat Company are my favorites after many trials. The Merino liners are my everyday glove. I use a shell if it is going to be very cold. Great gloves.

[@os6219]

I also went with the Heat Company with 2 layers: Wind Pro Liner with touch sensitive fingers and the Mittens as 2nd layer. Works like a charm. The Polartec material of the quite thick liner is actually pretty great!

[@ljwaugh1]

Love the review - open, honest, practical and very down to earth - thanks Mads.

[@petermcilroy5742]

Love your honest and enthusiastic approach - those moon images are beautiful.

[@valeriospositi]

Merry Christmas to you too, Mads! And thanks for your always awesome videos and contents. All the best from Italy.

[@lennartphotography]

Thanks for great info about the gloves, nice photos in the end. 👌

[@joernsbilderwelt]

Merry christmas, Mads! And thank you for the info!

[@charlenenagel7962]

Merry Christmas Mads! Thank for all you do!

[@SteveP_2426]

Interesting topic on gloves Mads, When I was looking about 18months ago there was little on the web apart from Vallerette. However, what I think gets overlooked is waterproofness as it's all very well having nice warm gloves when the weather is bone dry but if we are out in cold wet weather/snow it's easy for gloves to become wet and most gloves won't be any good then. I bought a pair of Sealskinz gloves that are similar to the Vallerette in that they let you free the thumb and forefinger (pointy finger😉) but they are roughly half the price of Vallerette and waterproof. They do have similar magnet issues as the Vallerette though. They have mitten versions and liners etc now. Thanks for all your work over the year, your channel is one of the 3 I make a point of always watching as you speak sense and have no pretensions. Not having to skip over Squarespace adverts every video is also a real bonus! Have a great Christmas.

[@jackmatthews9390]

Merry Christmas Mads! Thanks for all your work. It helps us!

[@JohnPaul-ii]

You got snow ❄️ how lucky are you you. Thanks for sharing your time and photos again Mads Have a really great Christmas

[@coreycorey9611]

Merry Christmas Mads and thanks for all your great videos.

[@lindseydeckard1567]

Merry Christmas! And many thanks for all that you have shared with us over the years. Happiness for you and your family in the New Year!

[@dougdavis5808]

Thanks 😊 and Merry Christmas 🎄😊

[@fabricemar9012]

Thanks. Merry christmas too.

[@scotty4418]

beautiful images to finish off another great year of following you Mads, you really have set the bar high with both the quality of your images, your storytelling and your videos. Wishing you and your family a peaceful christmas and as always look forward in anticipation to seeing what awaits you in the new year

[@robertjank6973]

Merry Christmas, Mads! And thank you for all the good stuff on this chanel!

[@j-riz7513]

Happy Holidays Mads… Thank you for your continuous inspiration.

[@florian-sngr]

Be careful with gloves with magnets and drones :D We had one incident where the magnets in the gloves of my pilot were confusing the compass of our inspire2 which resulted in a minor crash :/ When you're using gloves with magnets I would recommend leaving the drone a bit on the ground after setting it on the ground and powering it on with your new awesome magnetic gloves :D

[@cliffterpher]

Great advice. Thanks

[@Curtis-Randall]

Good to know! Cheers

[@spidersj12]

I have the Vallerette gloves and the overmitts that go over the gloves that have the full finger part that flips back with the same magnets. The waterproof zipper for the mitts is awesome. The mitt /glove combo I have are the warmest my hands have been in super cold -30C weather other than military mitts that I wore in the army reserves in the 1980s.

[@ProfMary]

Very helpful review of the gloves, I agree, Mads, that wool is the way to go. I have a pair of Valleret gloves but I also got their merino wool liners that help provide additional warmth. I still use those chemical shake and heat packets (Hot Hands) and slip them into the palm of my hands. I can curl my fingers back into the gloves when I am waiting on a shot. It works. Thank you for a year of excellent videos. Glædelig jul, Mads!

[@Lis77Boa]

Hi Would be good if you can test the gloves from Heat Company

[@davidburchettephotography6513]

And a Merry Christmas and Happy New Years to you too! I like my “The Heat Company” gloves. Although the system wouldn’t be ideal for an expedition (heat pads are a big part in extreme cold), they work very well for a night of astrophotography or a few hours of landscape photography.

[@BossTalkProductions]

I second these. Brought my heat company gloves to Alaska during the winter (-18F, -28C) and had no issues with the cold. The liners aren't the most waterproof so if the snow is wetter or occasionally rainy like on my recent Scotland trip you might have to dry them at the end of the day

[@haroldmassey5966]

Love the moon pictures. Merry CHRISTmas and Happy New Year.

[@cmichaelhaugh8517]

My experience exactly. I’ve added the Merino wool liners to my Vallerret gloves and gotten good results. Nothing beats mittens however when it gets really cold.

[@ccoopify]

I agree with mittens. I watched a hiking vid many years ago and they recommended mittens as your fingers rubbing/touching each other creates additional heat.

[@edshanahan]

I am playing with Vallerret gloves and mittens. I am finding it difficult to wear liners under the gloves. The thumb in particular is very tight. Have you found the same? tx

[@jasonlacey5979]

Thank you Mads for a great review and a years worth of inspirational work, and fun. I wish you and your family a great Christmas and hope Santa is really good to you all...

[@David-Neilson]

Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄

[@pauloricardoferreira2841]

I wish you a Merry Merry Christmas, Mads.

[@johnashcraft9410]

Merry Christmas to you and your family Mads.

[@grahamroberts5949]

Have a great Christmas Mads, thank you for all your entertaining and instructive videos 😊

[@davidskinner274]

Moon shots are gorgeous, thank you

[@clicktoart]

Hi Mads. I couldn’t agree more about the gloves. I have the first type you showed and they are good down to say 3 degrees and below that, i.e. the whole winter, my fingers freeze. I have found that adding a second layer using the internal layer of my old snowboard gloves works wonders, but of course I have to pull it off every time I need to press a button. As for the photos, what can i say … great! The person makes the difference in the first one.

[@robertverbeek9751]

merry xmas ,,great content look forward to more .

[@kadishu]

Merry Christmas!

[@richardsmith5021]

Merry Christmas, thanks for the advice about wool. I have never found a pair of gloves that really kept my hands warm, but growing up wool mittens always worked.

[@michaeljewett1142]

Great review Mads! I did some research on photography gloves last year before going into Swedish Lapland to photograph the aurora and I ended up getting a merino liner with touchscreen sensitivity to go under a wind stopper pullover glove, both from Hestra. The combination worked pretty well for me during my trip but I did have handwarmers in my pockets to reach for every once in a while. I agree with you that wool is the way to go!

[@yukonchris]

I live in the Canadian North. We routinely deal with winter temperatures in the minus thirties and forties. Gloves are pretty much useless when it's really cold. Mitts are the only way to go for me, and I agree with your comments about wool--it really is the best! To be honest, I have never found an ideal solution, although I also have a pair of flip mitts with the finger gloves inside, that are pretty serviceable. That said, my favourite hand coverings are a pair of homemade wool mitts. Pull them off. Do your settings fast, and get them back on. It's a compromise, but it works. Cheers for the video.

[@marieta.s]

I got my new vallerrett gloves last week and I have to say that they are not bad. I agree with you about the magnets not quite sticking together always but they do say that the lining of the gloves is merino wool. I live in a Mediterranean country so we don’t really get very cold weather like up north where you are based, but they kept my fingers warm during a cold spell of weather we recently had. At around 4-5 C they did reasonably well. The lack of dexterity on the exposed fingers was something to be expected though. 😃

[@peterpaddler]

Thank you. I have the same issues with the Vallerret gloves. I'll try some flip flops. Merino sounds good as they will stay warm even when wet

[@mitzimckay7934]

The glove struggle is real. Thanks for sharing. The moon photos are gorgeous!

[@andrewinpompey]

Very useful information, thanks!

[@itchin4adventure688]

Beautiful photos Mads!

[@rosssayer6524]

Thanks Mads for sharing your beautiful images,tips and tricks on landscape photography over the past 12 months it has been great following your channel and looking forward to 2022. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[@rolsonn]

Merry Christmas! Great video because I've tried many, many, many gloves and mittens. My hands easily get cold. I've given away so many gloves and mittens failing to keep my hands warm. I've tried battery glove inserts with limited success. One problem I find, I need XL sized gloves and mittens. I've tried on many brands proclaiming they're XL sized finding they're tight. If I find a larger I size XXLthey're tight. I do own the Vallets and somewhat good while walking. Standing around like us forget about it! I carry Black Diamond mittens and a thin liner which just fits in the mittens. The only problem, bulky mittens and difficult to handle a tripod. I watched a video recently and a lady from Vermont her in the US suggested getting a soft tip stylus to choose your LCD buttons. The only drawback, holding the stylus with heavy gloves and finding it in your pocket. Love your moon photos.

[@3082frank]

I was having trouble looking for a good gloves for winter photography and didnt want to overpay for those expensive gloves. Thanks Mad for this very helpful video. Wool it is. 😊

[@egilryden3794]

Serkan günes said something about keeping warm in a video(cant remember witch one) but layer up if you wil keep warm. Use mittons when standing stil and have fingergloves inside to use whit the camera. Hestra is a good brand for outdor handwear. You can also use hanwarmers at the pulse rather than the top of the hand. An right cloting around the torso.

[@stephenfick5062]

Merry Christmas

[@KevinMullett]

Very timely. I'm taking stock of current gear in prep for an Iceland trip in Feb and was considering those Ipsoot gloves. I needed to be reminded of the point about wool. I have some thin, cheap, wool gloves I bought in Amsterdam that I now recall are warmer than some of my heavier/thick gloves. Thanks. Also noticed you had two different gloves on in the last part, which I do a lot too.

[@destinodk]

Fedt nævnte det her sidste vinter, men desværre i slutningen af den kolde tid. Tak for at du fik det gjort i god tid til i år :) mange tak Mads :)

[@journeytoaphotograph]

Brilliant stuff thanks Mads 🙌🙌 (Still want to get the Vallerret Street though, because they are simply gorgeous looking. In Ireland, as you know yourself it's more about wind and rain protection than sub zero performance so may still go for them...)

[@grat2010]

I find that mittens keep my hands warmer than gloves so I'm not surprised by your recommendation. Thanks for saving me from buying the expensive gloves. Merry Christmas to you and yours!

[@artiomascekilevas4987]

I use The Heat Company gloves. Its perfect

[@Curtis-Randall]

I was just going to buy gloves for photography! Thank you for making this video

[@brucedelorme5026]

Perfect timing Mads, was looking to head to German alps in a few days and was in need of some gloves. Thank you. Also Merry Christmas to you sir, and I hope I can do another workshop with you.. had an amazing time and again. Thank you.

[@petrh.4947]

Merry Christmas, I do appreciate an honest review. I guess that mystery of wool/merino gloves is that let the moisture go out which in temperature under zero °C makes your hands freeze. Btw I do like remote control which allows you to keep at least one hand in your pocket. I have to say that even the non-original version of Sony RMT-P1BT from JJC works well.

[@juliasansinena7436]

Thank you Mads!

[@marycarron5118]

Beautiful moon images, Mads. You have been a real inspiration to my photography during the year. I love your down to earth approach. Happy Christmas to you and I look forward to more videos next year.

[@bobcat6653]

Merry Christmas to you from Michigan, USA!

[@ingabett]

Great review! I bought some “fishing” gloves in neoprene, maybe 15 € (on Black Friday), they have three fingers that you can flip up, they are thin, waterproof and really warm. I was quite surprised, haven’t had them for long but did test them during a snowstorm a while back. I’m happy with them, I have arthritis in my hands so warmth is a must for my hands to be able to work. Haven’t tried standing still for a longer time, when I was working with my hands it got so warm I even was sweating, but I still recommend them. Bought mine from Happy Angler. Beautiful picture at the end!

[@PhotoTrekr]

I don't spend a lot of time outdoors in the winter, but I do like to photograph the mountains when it snows. I've had lots of gloves over the years, but my favorites for photography are still a pair of Lowepro gloves that I've had for years. They are thick enough to afford a little warmth, but thin enough to handle the camera controls. They also have some sort of pebbling on the palm side that assures a good grip. My other gloves are warmer, or waterproof, or have some sort of way to expose fingertips, but I still prefer my Lowepro gloves. Happy holidays to you and your family.

[@peterbuitelaar8543]

Interesting, I thought I was the only one with sensitive hands. Yes wool is the best except when they get wet. I use the 3 layer system of The Heat Company. Works fine for me after trying so many gloves.

[@richardsears6005]

have a merry christmas and a joyous yule

[@Voltage93]

Thank you, for this informative video. I need to look after gloves, out of wool and/or with the ability to remove the glove on the fingers. Merry christmas too:)

[@alanrecktenwald4239]

Mads, as an added bonus for wool. Wool will continue to insulate even wet and dries quickly. Good subject, enjoyed.

[@DanuteP]

A warning on gloves with magnets in the finger tips.. Magnets are metal. Metal gets really really really cold in freezing temps. This makes your fingers colder. I've carefully removed the magnets in gloves I have. That being said, I like my meteor mitts by Outdoor research. Mainly I just use the fleece flip-top finger mitten liner that come with them and wear a thin liner like the OR Sensor gloves. Both have a pocket on the back of the hand for handwarmers and I can also drop a set in the tips of the mitts if needed. This is the best solution I've found for work at 10 to -20f and I've learned to work most of my camera functions without having to take off the liners.

[@timscanlanphotography]

Hi Mads. Thank you for this review. I've never been tempted by specific "photography" gloves. I've always relied on traditional outdoor brands like Mountain Equipment or RAB. They've never let me down and definitely pass the test when standing around for long periods. Wishing you a very happy Christmas.

[@sherischneider2390]

Great video once again Mads. Merry Christmas from North Dakota USA where we get really really cold. I really appreciate the low down on the gloves. My hands get cold easily so I need to know which gloves work best.

[@frstesiste7670]

Interesting video. I've always struggled with finding gloves that will actually keep my hands warm when not in activity. My conclusion is - particularly when getting older with less efficient circulation - that gloves dont work. At least when the gloves are small enough to be able to operate the camera without removing them. Totally agree that wool works best, but it's not enough in real cold. I find that mittens work much better than gloves as the area exposed to the cold with four fingers together is much smaller than with individual fingers. Mittens pretty much rules out using the camera without removing them or at least removing the part that covers the fingers like on the pair you showed. My current preference is using wool liners/super thin wool gloves and mittens that I remove just for operating the camera. I've got several pairs of mittens ranging from fairly warm to just thin and water- and or wind proof. I can also combine the wool liners with gloves when the temperature and/or activity level allow it.

[@JDon8110]

I use some real cheap fold back mittens with a foldback thumb also. Made from polyester but I find them pretty warm. Quick and easy to fold back is the key Thanks for the vid

[@tonystevenson6068]

Hi Mads enjoy all your videos and a merry Christmas to you from Tony in Scotland.

[@bcegerton]

Valleret gloves do have merino wool on the inside apparently, but I wonder if they have them inside the fingertips. Thank you Mads, you have just saved me a lot of money. I have a pair of thin liners with touch screen pads on, not great for winter but ok for Autumn, in the U.K., plus the not only do the touch screen pads work but they cost literally nothing, or they did last time I bought them as the two pairs I have bought only cost £2.49. My biggest issue is size, my hands are small but worse part being short fingers and due to my various health issues I feel the cold really badly.

[@TimvanderLeeuw]

That was a disappointingly useful video. Thanks for the honest review! I know that many of these brands have other gloves available as well, some with dedicated liners. The gloves that I now have are Heatsavers, and they're very warm and comfortable, made from some wool-like material, but I can't use them for everything when shooting and when I take them off, I'd like to have something like some thin liners! Merry Christmas!

[@Northern_Visions]

Happy holidays !

[@AliasJimWirth]

Thank you, Mads, for the useful glove rundown. I changed my mind as to what I'll get now. Merry Christmas to you and your family. I love the moon photos, too; really nice.

[@nealshepard]

In the early 90’s I had a photo assignment in Antarctica at McMurdo Station and the South Pole. A photojournalist friend of mine that worked in Minnesota gave me the best advice for keeping my hands and fingers warm when shooting in extremely cold weather. You start by putting on thin glove liners, then put on the wool fingerless gloves with the flap. Then, the trick is to place a small hand warmer pack into the flap. When you need to shoot you peel back the flap, the glove liners will protect your fingertips, and when you are done shooting put the flap back over your fingers and the hand warmer will warm up your fingertips. When I wasn’t actively shooting I would put wear cold weather mittens on over the wool gloves and liner. This glove setup saved my hands and fingers for the 12 days I spent in Antarctica. In 1993 we didn’t have digital cameras so I was shooting color transparency film. In sub-zero temperatures changing a roll of film could take a very long time leaving your fingertips exposed. First, you have to rewind the film very, very slowly to avoid getting static marks on your film. Then you have to pop out the roll, move it to the exposed film pocket, retrieve a new roll, thread the leader into the sprocket, close the back and advance the film to the first frame. It seems simple but doing it a - 38 ˚, it is painstakingly slow.

[@shannonsnow8298]

Absolutely gorgeous! Love the full moon and just everything! Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year to you and your family!🌲🎅🏼⛄️🎊🎉💛

[@ospreywindsphotography6937]

Mads thank you for the review very helpful! I would be very keen to have a similar review of your outdoor pants that you use for photography in all conditions. Thanks

[@cwitt8280]

Tx Mads! I discovered the fingerless glove with mitten flaps years ago in Canada. The style has been my go-to for cold weather ever since . I find that the polypro fleece products work as well if not better than wool. Washable, dries faster than wool, won't shrink, and more durable. Consider looking at some of the 'mountaineering or ice climbing' brands. Some models are fine for photography. For overnight winter wear, I use a thin liner glove with good finger accuracy (to push buttons without skin sticking to the metal/plastic) under a polypro 'finger mitten'. And if the weather is very sub-zero, I overlay that with a thick waterproof and lined outer mitten that has a zipper in the palm so I can stick my fingers and thumb out of it when I need to work the camera. I can put a hand warmer in between the outer 2 layers if needed. Not quite 'Vogue' but works for me.

[@jimsmith556]

I was very happy to be gifted a pair of Vallaret gloves last Christmas, only to wonder if I had something wrong with me when I then tried them out one cold January day in northern Ontario, Canada. I felt as though I was wearing non insulated gloves because my fingers were so cold they became painful. I will be looking for wool mitten-gloves as you suggest. Thanks for all your great videos Mads. All the best for the holidays and the new year!

[@juanortiz1646]

It's cold in Philadelphia PA I needed this video "MAD P" good lookin out my dude

[@calumcree4456]

Mads a small note when looking for your next pair. I have FatFace flap over gloves which have similar design to your favourites. They are a wool mix with polyester liner so not sure how that would compare in terms of warmth but build quality very decent and it uses a popper button instead of Velcro which I much prefer. Those are my go to winter gloves and I’ve now got a couple of pairs but they’ve lasted me years so far.

[@norlmerk]

Simplicity …..beautiful!

[@joelwolski]

I have a pair of "mittens" like the wool ones you show (but not wool) that I picked up rather inexpensively on amazon. The thumb folds back and holds in place with a magnet (which as another commenter said will mess with anything with a built in compass). The main part also folds back to reveal the other four fingers which I usually just have my pointer finger sticking out of.

[@brianw6645]

I think you are onto something with the merino wool. Although I haven't tested it out yet, I'm going to use merino wool liners inside of my other gloves. Maybe fingerless merino wool liner gloves would work.

[@pipari21]

I'm with you with those kind of wool gloves. I have normal button for the hood and the thumb folds open as well. Velcro is honestly quite bad design choice for the hood but you can always sew magnets to the hood (under a piece of fabric) and another one on the back of the glove. You can find those kind of gloves in most super markets and also in fishing equipment stores with different thicknesses and hood attachment styles. I have relatively thin ones and I add liner gloves under them when it gets cold enough.

[@lilianestichersiu5642]

This was very useful. Sometimes I have to stop because my hands get too cold, despite gloves. I am not even able to press to shoot a picture. Thank you Mads and Merry Christmas...

[@valk-photography]

Same experience with gloves. The mittens from Valleret with the Merino wool liners are the best combo for me. Nice shooting the moon. Maybe a thought for making a video planning a shoot for a super moon ? Merry Christmas to you, Sophie and your family !!!

[@eXplosive91]

Hey Mads, great video especially since Im in dire need of new gloves. Maybe you should check the heat company! They offer merino liners and overlay gloves which allow you to also use your thumb! 😂 Just found them doing some research and will probably order at least some merino liners

[@cindyweber4692]

Beautiful!

[@bbgbear]

I have a similar discussion with every shop worker in outdoor shops, there’s a big difference between what you wear while actively hiking and standing around taking photos.

[@lakesrhino1]

Totally agree when I am walking in the fells in the Lake District my hands are warm, but (I have tried many brands) when you are standing around pre Dawn in sub zero temperatures with a wind chill on top my hands always end up freezing. I'll give the wool mittens a try🙂

[@markwalkerphotography]

Mad's, firstly happy Christmas to you and your girlfriend, I hope we may bump into your both in the UK next year 🤔 Those boulders in your garden bring a new meaning to the word gravel (or shingle) that normally runs down the side of your house 😋 And did you loose some gloves in the video, as at the end, you thought sod it, I'll wear one mitten and one Vallerret? 😏... A couple of recommendations for you... Icebreaker do a merino liner glove that's excellent (even when wet or cold and on it's own) and Rab do a light weight pertex mitten (Xenon), though both clearly no good for photography, but a good combination for keeping your hands warm...As you touched on gloves don't work, not enough heat circulation, mittens are the best every time. Oh.... and 'sew' in the UK sounds like 'So' 😛-- But with all seriousness, all the best and keep up the good work 👍

[@ITLPhotography]

Merry Christmas from Lancashire, UK.

[@bebala7848]

Thanks for the good info. I did notice you wearing the mitens in the Faroes. I had two pair of gloves and a liner none keeping my hands warm , the very thick sky gloves did but you had to remove them to use your camera! not ideal. wool is the way to go.. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[@alangardner8596]

When I was mountaineering in winter I always used sheepskin mittens and always had warm hands. Some inner gloves with sheepskin mittens could do the trick and some string on the mittens from one hand to the other around the shoulders would keep then secure.

[@MartyBecker]

For another source of the flip top mittens, check out some military surplus. There are military shooting mittens of similar design to the wool mittens you showed.

[@stuartschaffner9744]

Great review, Mads! Nice moonset shot, too. One standard tip. With a very low contrast scene and a lot of light in the sky, this is a really bad time to leave the lens hood off your zoom telephoto, at least if you want any detail at all in your shadows.

[@stevesag]

Thanks Mads. I agree on the Wool, although I use a polar fleece (polyester) version of the fingerless mittens, they work well unless there is wind. In general mittens will work better to keep fingers warm than gloves. I found it funny that for your moon shots at the end you were wearing the wool mitten on your right hand and a glove on your left hand. Merry Christmas to you too, thanks for all the great videos, look forward to your videos in 2022.